J.K. Rowling isn't an author to publish a mega-popular series of books and then disappear into a giant Scrooge McDuck pile of money while her fans obsess over unanswered questions and magical mysteries. Between Twitter and her Harry Potter website, the author continues to interact with fans and answer questions about the beloved magical series, some more hard-hitting than others.

J.K. Rowling continues to dole out Harry Potter treats to fans at Pottermore. Today's festive surprise came along with an essay focusing on the creepy reanimated corpses that Voldemort enlisted to guard one of his Horcruxes.

There were a lot of theories circulating when the Harry Potter books were still being published, among which was the idea that Severus Snape was a vampire. J.K. Rowling addressed the subject of vampires in the latest essay to be released at Pottermore today, and she puts to bed any speculation that Snape was -- or was ever going to be -- a vampire.

J.K. Rowling recently admitted that she feels particularly guilty for killing off one of the characters in her beloved Harry Potter series. If you were thinking it might be Sirius Black, or one of the other notable characters who died in the series, you guessed wrong.

Harry Potter fans were promised festive surprises in the days leading up to Christmas, and today, the first treat arrived. Check it out and see if you know who the riddle is referencing. (Hint: It's not Riddle.)

Holiday season is upon us. And Harry Potter fans must have been very good this year, because JK Rowling just announced that she will be providing the best gift anyone could ask for, more Harry Potter material.

Halloween offered six excellent treats for Harry Potter fans in the form of new writings included in the newly added Order of the Phoenix segment to JK Rowling's official Harry Potter website, Pottermore.com.

October 31 has arrived and, as promised, Pottermore delivered the goods and then some! J.K. Rowling's official Harry Potter site added Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which offers six new writings, penned by Rowling herself.

Harry Potter fans are counting down to Friday when "all will be revealed" at Pottermore, J.K. Rowling's official Harry Potter site. The Pottermore Facebook page has been giving us fun little trick and treats. Yesterday's trick (or treat?) pointed to the subject of a new writing to Pottermore. But looking at all of the clues together, we're inclined to think that all of the trick and treats may be hinting at this new story.

As Halloween approaches, the Pottermore website and Facebook page continues to tease us with tricks and treats leading up to October 31, when "all will be revealed." Today's treat came in the form of a crossword puzzle, which, when solved correctly, would reveal a scrambled word that would tell us the subject of a new writing that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is set to share.

J.K. Rowling is set to deliver fans a bit more Harry Potter. This Halloween, fans will get to know one of the Harry Potter series' most wickedest witches, Dolores Jane Umbridge. Rowling is reportedly set to write a story about the temporary professor and Ministry of Magic Senior Undersecretary, which will be released October 31.

J.K. Rowling's Twitter has been pretty quiet since earlier this month when she had Harry Potter fans buzzing about her tricky anagram, which offered a clue about the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them feature adaptation.